LUI. SOLANA‘CER: LY’CIUM. 665 
A hardy vigorous-growing plant, of a 
much more ligneous character than 8S, 
Dulcamara, sub-evergreen, and covered 
with flowers nearly the whole summer, 
As it will grow, in any soil, and is readily 
propagated by cuttings, it promises to be 
of great value as an ornamentzl: climber, 
for rapidly covering naked walls. If tied 
to a stake, and thus forced to grow erect, 
it will throw out a great number of lateral 
branchlets, at the end of every one of 
which is produced a bunch of flowers. 
The art of hybridisation has not yet 
been practised with the shrubby species of 
Solanum, otherwise it is not improbable 
that some hybrids might be originated be- 
tween the South American and the British 
species, which would be as hardy as those 
which have been described. 
1291. S. crispum. 
Genus II. 
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LY’CIUM L. Tue Box Toorn. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 1262.; Don's Mill, 4. p. 457. 
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Synonymes. Jasmindides Niss. in Act. Gall. 1711.; Matrimony Vine, Amer.; Lycien,'Fr. ; Bocks- 
dorn, Ger. ; Licio, ftal. One species, L. bérbarum, is commonly called the Duke of Argyll’s tea 
tree, from the circumstance of a tea plant (Téa viridis) having been sent to the Duke of Argyll 
at the same time as this plant, and the labels having been accidentally changed. 
Derivation. Derived from Lycia, in Asia Minor ; hence the Zukion of Dioscorides ; a name given by 
him to a thorny shrub, which was supposed by Dr. Sibthorp to have been the Rh4mnus infectdrius, 
but which Dr. Royle, with greater probability, regards as identical with a species of Bérberis 
which he has denominated Bérberis Lycium. 
Gen. Char. Calyx urceolate, regularly 5-toothed, or irregularly 3—5-cleft, 
permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped or tubular ; limb 5- or 10-cleft, or toothed, 
imbricate in estivation, sometimes plicate. Stamens 5, usually exserted ; 
filaments bearded, and widened at the base. Anthers cordate, dehiscing 
lengthwise. Berry roundish, 2-celled. Seeds numerous, reniform. (Don’s 
Mil.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; entire or nearly entire, 
solitary or in fascicles. Flowers in peduncles, extra-axillary or terminal, 
solitary, twin, or umbellate, rarely corymbose ; white, yellow, rose-coloured, 
purple, or blue.—Shrubs, deciduous, scandent, and usually somewhat spinose ; 
natives of Europe, Asia, and Africa; readily propagated by cuttings of the 
branches or of the roots. : 
+h 1. Z. surop#'um L. The European Box Thorn. 
Identification. Lin. Syst., 228. ; Don’s MilL, 4. p. 458. 
Symonymes, | bs salicifolium Mill. Dict. No. 3, ; Jasmindides aculeatum Mich.; Spino santo, Spino di 
Bers * Mich. Gen., t. 105. £1. ; Mill. Icon., t. 171. f. 2.3 and our fig. 1292. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches erect, loose. Buds spinescent. Leaves fascicled, 
obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, or spathulate, bent obliquely. Flowers twin or 
solitary. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted, but shorter than the 
limb. Calyx 5-cleft, ruptured at the side. Corollas pale violet, reticulated 
with red veins ; tube greenish. (Don’s Mill.) A rambling shrub, with long 
slender shoots, and prone to throw up innumerable suckers. South of 
Europe. Stem 20ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1730. _ Flowers violet; 
May to August. Fruit bright scarlet or yellow; ripe in September. 
